Mycorrhizal association controls soil carbon-degrading enzyme activities and soil carbon dynamics under nitrogen addition: A systematic review

Yuanliu Hu, Ji Chen*, Jørgen E. Olesen, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Dafeng Hui, Xinhua He, Guoyin Chen, Qi Deng*

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that changes in carbon-degrading extracellular enzyme activities (C-EEAs) can help explain soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics under nitrogen (N) addition. However, the factors controlling C-EEAs remain unclear, impeding the inclusion of microbial mechanisms in global C cycle models. Using meta-analysis, we show that the responses of C-EEAs to N addition were best explained by mycorrhizal association across a wide range of environmental and experimental factors. In ectomycorrhizal (ECM) dominated ecosystems, N addition suppressed C-EEAs targeting the decomposition of structurally complex macromolecules by 13.1 %, and increased SOC stocks by 5.2 %. In contrast, N addition did not affect C-EEAs and SOC stocks in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) dominated ecosystems. Our results indicate that earlier studies may have overestimated SOC changes under N addition in AM-dominated ecosystems and underestimated SOC changes in ECM-dominated ecosystems. Incorporating this mycorrhizal-dependent impact of EEAs on SOC dynamics into Earth system models could improve predictions of SOC dynamics under environmental changes.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer175008
TidsskriftScience of the Total Environment
Vol/bind948
ISSN0048-9697
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 20 okt. 2024

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